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No. 292,049. Patented Jan. 15, 1.884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR Q wfiztkmfifiwyzr ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM REITMEYER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,049, dated January 15, 18l4. Application filed December 22, 1883. (No model.)

:0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM REI'IMEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of hats in which a cord is drawn around the crown to form or supplement the band. Hats of this class are commonly worn by hunters,cowboys, and others following similar occupations, in the pursuit of which it is necessary to use a whistle; and the object of my invention is to combine this whistle with the hat-cord for the purpose of producing a safe and readily accessible repository for the whistle, and for ornamenting the cord without impairing the utility of the whistle. This object I have accomplished by the novel means hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a hat, partly in side View and partly in section, containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail View, showing a clasp for the cord.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letterA designates the crown, and B the brim, of the hat, and O the hat-cord. This cord is drawn through a clasp, D, in one or more coils, to embrace the crown of the hat at the proper point, the coils lying one upon the other, and the whistle (marked E) is attached to one end of the cord, where the cord projects from the clasp a sufficient distance to enable the weare'r'to conveniently grasp the whistle for blowing it.

According to thelength of cord that projects from the clasp D, the hat may be left on the head or taken off to blow the whistle, the whistle in either case resting on the brim, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is not in use.

In the example shown the clasp O is made in form of an oblonglink; but it may be made in any other form adapted to hold the coils ofthe cord in proper relation to each other.

It will be seen that by its attachment to the cord 0 the whistle is safe against loss or misplacement, and is readily accessible, while it constitutes an ornament to the cord.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a 1. The combination of the clasp, the hatcord drawn through the clasp in coils, and the whistle attached to the cord at one end,where the cord projects from the clasp, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,with ahat, of the clasp, the cord drawn through the clasp in coils to embrace the crown of the hat, and the whistle attached to the cord at one end, where the cord projects from the clasp, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM REITMEYER. [L s.]

Witnesses:

WM. HAUFF, E. F. KAS'IENHUBER. 

